Analysis of Cord Blood Preservation
The opportunity for expectant families to collect and store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood stem cells has only been widely available since late 1995. Currently, thousands of parents are taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.This Cord Blood can be collected only at birth, and if not taken these stem cells can not be replaced. The opportunity for expectant families to collect and store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood stem cells has only been widely available since late 1995.Currently, thousands of parents are taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In regenerative medicine stem cells are used to repair damaged tissues and organs inside the body.
In the near future, it will become a common practice to store Cord Blood as future insurance against many diseases.People are storing cord blood as it may offer a lifetime of protection:
- Regenerative medicine therapies using cord blood, the child’s own stem cells are required.
- For treating cancers and blood disorders in transplant medicine, having the family’s own cord blood available has many advantage as it reduces complications.
- The baby’s cord blood may be used to treat many diseases including leukemia, other cancers, and blood disorders.
- Potential to treat conditions that have no cure today – like juvenile diabetes and brain injury.
Some families have more defined risk factors, but most families bank for the security of knowing the health benefits that stem cells may someday offer their children, themselves, or other family members.
Is Cord blood America going to be one of the hot stocks of tomorrow?
Recently Cord Blood America in Las Vegas has received lot of news coverage and is traded publically since 2003.
CBAI, moving toward achieving its goal of becoming a globally dominant stem cell storage company, recently signed a deal licensing its umbilical cord blood technology to AXM Pharma Inc., a China pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company.
Cord Blood America is located at Las Vegas and currently is the largest cryogenic storage in the world. Cryogenic technology is widely used in rocket launching all over the world.
Cryogenic pertains to liquefied gases, ie, helium, nitrogen, CO2, which are all inert and extremely cold, ie. -270 deg. Celsius. Others are reactive, LP, Hydrogen.
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